Published Date: 1999-05-22 23:50:00
Subject: PRO/AH> Tuberculosis, bovine - USA (Michigan) (02)
Archive Number: 19990522.0840

TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE - USA (MICHIGAN) (02)
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See Also

Tuberculosis, bovine - USA (Michigan) 990110082435,
990517224909
Brucellosis, bison - USA (Montana): control 990512165628
Brucellosis, bison - USA (Montana): control (02) 990514201544
Bovine tuberculosis, imported - USA ex Canada 980415224902
Tuberculosis, bovine, wood bison - Canada (WBNP) 980730000726
Tuberculosis, bovine, wood bison - Canada (WBNP)(02) 980809225451
Tuberculosis, bovine - USA (Michigan) 980923135530
Tuberculosis, deer - USA (Michigan) 980316225249
Tuberculosis, deer - USA (Michigan) (02) 980405131310
Tuberculosis, deer/cattle transfer - USA (Michigan) 980625005851
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 10:19:16 -0600
From: Damien Joly <damien.joly@usask.ca>

[From a previous post: More than 200 deer killed in the area since 1994
have been infected -- the only sustained outbreak of bovine TB among
free-ranging wildlife ever documented in North America, the U.S. Department
of Agriculture says.
This is inaccurate. The population of wood bison in Wood Buffalo National
Park in northern Canada has sustained bovine tuberculosis since the
introduction of the disease in the late 1920s. The most recent research
indicates prevalence could be as high as 50% (based on serology and the
caudal fold test; Joly et al. 1998). For more information see:
Tessaro, S.V., L.B. Forbes, and C. Turcotte. 1990. A survey of brucellosis
and tuberculosis in bison in and around Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada.
Canadian Veterinary Journal 31:174-180.
Tessaro, S.V. 1986. The existing and potential importance of brucellosis
and tuberculosis in Canadian wildlife: a review. Canadian Veterinary
Journal 27:119-124.
Joly, D.O., F.A. Leighton, and F. Messier, 1998. Tuberculosis and
brucellosis infection of bison in Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada:
preliminary results. Pp. 23-31 in L. Irby et al. (eds.). Proceedings of the
International Symposium on Bison Ecology and Management in North America,
June 1997, Bozeman, Montana. (available at joly@sask.usask.ca)
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Damien Joly
Department of Biology
University of Saskatchewan
email: joly@sask.usask.ca
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